Funding to help celebrate the centenary of World War 1

Have you thought about how your school will commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One? If you are holding an event, or plan to hold an event, then you could apply for a fully funded grant to purchase 'Silhouettes' thanks to a new programme from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust will be opening a programme making small awards to communities who want to engage in remembrance activity but who may have a financial barrier to doing so. As part of their project, organisations will need to hold a self-funded event bringing together the local community to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One, and to remember and think about the Armed Forces Community today.

Organisations, including schools, can apply for an award to purchase up to 10 silhouettes. These can be placed within community halls, places of worship and places of education, bringing to mind those who went to war and did not return.

The award is open to the following organisations:

• A charity
• A Community Interest Company (CIO)
• A School
• A place of worship, Multi-faith facility within a hospital or Armed Forces base, where people would not otherwise be able to engage in remembrance and engagement activity without financial resource.
• A community organisation with a constitution and a community space.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund is working with There But Not There to raise awareness of this award scheme and hopes to reach communities that may not have had previous support from the Covenant Fund. More information including some useful pre-application guidance is available on the There But Not There website.

DfE- Return to Teaching Pilot

Are you looking to recruit Secondary Physics, Maths and MFL teachers (including community languages)?
Are you looking to support teachers returning to the classroom?
If so, we can help you!

The Return to Teaching programme, funded by the Department for Education (DfE), is supporting qualified teachers to return to teach.
Each teacher receives individual, bespoke support from a Return to Teaching Advisor (RTTA), and are offered the opportunity to do Teacher Subject Specialism Training (TSST) courses, and other courses with associations such as the Institute of Physics (IOP) and Maths in Education and Industry (MEI), so they can get up to date with the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for their subject.
We also help returning teachers arrange classroom observation and teaching experience, and support them to make applications for teaching posts.

How we can help:
• We can offer you potential candidates for your current or future teaching vacancies with no cost
• We will highlight your vacancies to returning teachers in your area, and support them to apply
• We have returning teachers who are available now and are looking for flexible or part-time working – see guidance here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-working-in-schools

How you can help:
• Offering taster days and longer term classroom observation and teaching experience to returning teachers
• Encouraging returning teachers (of any phase or subject) to register their details with us so we can provide them with advice and guidance: www.education.gov.uk/returners
• Bid for funding to run Teacher Subject Specialism Training (TSST) courses: www.gov.uk/guidance/teacher-subject-specialism-training-funding-for-schools

For more information, or to offer your support, please contact the Return to Teaching Advisor (RTTA) Team: RTTA@ta-recruit.education.gov.uk